Founded by Eddie Cano and Mikey Sawyer after the pair parted ways with their respective bands (Cano from Scarlett O'Hara and Sawyer from Close Your Eyes) in 2012, Miss Fortune are a post-hardcore band who incorporate elements of plaintive emo and driving metalcore into their emotional sound. After rounding out the band's lineup with guitarists Josh Kikta and Harley Graves, bassist Ian Marchionda, and drummer Jason Connolly, they parted ways with Cano, who was handling harsh vocal duties, after deciding to take their sound in a more melodic direction. With Sawyer handling the vocals himself, the band's sound began to take root, and in 2013 they found themselves announcing that they'd signed on with Sumerian Records. Their full-length debut, A Spark to Believe In, appeared on the label in 2014.

For their second LP "Only Love", Detroit punk/hardcore/experimental collective THE ARMED returned to GodCity Studio to work with Converge guitarist Kurt Ballou as executive producer. Continuing their signature process of collaborating with different drummers on each release, this time THE ARMED recruited Ben Koller (Converge, Killer Be Killed, Mutoid Man, All Pigs Must Die). The partnership led to an entirely new creative approach for the record, one that allowed them to achieve their most wildly innovative work to date. The goal for "Only Love" was to reach an overwhelming level of intensity without referencing the typical tent poles of the genres they're associated with. By imagining they had never heard punk, metal or hardcore and limiting references to pop and the music of their youth, THE ARMED were able to arrive at an incredibly intense, but wildly unique reinterpretation of aggressive music.

The first single-CD collection from these genre-busting (metal? rap? funk? punk?) rockers! Epic; Introduce Yourself; We Care a Lot (Slash version); Easy; War Pigs; Evidence , and more key cuts from 1985 to 1997 join rarities like Arabian Disco and more- from the bizarre to the brilliant!

Introduce Yourself is Faith No More's second album, released in 1987. Due to the limited availability of the first album, We Care a Lot (until it was re-released on CD years later), many, including the band, once considered this Faith No More's true debut album. Being the group's major label debut, this album features better production than its predecessor, which is most evident on this album's version of the song "We Care a Lot," which also features updated, more topical, lyrics. It was the last album Chuck Mosley appeared on with the band. The record has garnered positive reviews from music critics, although as with the band's previous studio effort We Care a Lot, some criticisms have been directed at vocalist Chuck Mosley. AllMusic stated that "the album is consistent and interesting, with Mosley's out-of-tune vocals being an acquired taste to most". In 1988, Neil Perry of Sounds Magazine referred to the album as "a breathtaking harmonisation of molten metal guitar, deadly dance rhythms and poignant, pointed lyrics".

Before they had even released 3-Way Tie for Last in the fall of 1985, the Minutemen had blocked out plans for their next album, which was to be a sprawling three-LP set featuring three sides of studio material and three sides of live recordings. Initial pressings of 3-Way Tie included a ballot so fans could vote for the songs to be included on the live half of the upcoming album; the tragic death of D. Boon meant the Minutemen would never make another studio album, but Mike Watt and George Hurley compiled the ballots sent in by fans and used the results as the basis for this album, which uses radio broadcasts, studio outtakes, rehearsal tapes, and audience recordings to assemble a final tribute to their fallen comrade. As you might expect, the quality of the sound varies quite a bit from track to track (though there's nothing as awful as the stuff on side two of The Politics of Time), and there are a few items here that were outtakes for a good reason (like the overlong version of "Mr. Robot's Holy Orders" or the spontaneous soundtrack improvisation "Hell"). But for the most part, Ballot Result is a fitting memorial that makes clear the Minutemen were just as strong onstage as they were in the studio and that their songs were smart, provocative, adventurous, and stand up well to the test of time.

It wasn't long before punk rock expanded beyond just New York City, London, and Los Angeles during the mid- to late '70s, as evidenced by the emergence of the long-running Vancouver, Canada-based outfit D.O.A. Originally formed in 1978, D.O.A. have been led from the beginning by singer/guitarist Joe Keithley (aka Joey Shithead), joined by a wide variety of other bandmates through the years (including future Black Flag/Danzig/Social Distortion drummer Chuck Biscuits), although guitarist Dave Gregg was present for much of the hijinks up until 1990. The same year as their formation, D.O.A. issued a debut EP, Disco Sucks, before following it up with a pair of full-lengths that many longtime fans consider D.O.A.'s classic recordings, 1980's Something Better Change and 1981's Hardcore '81 (a popular compilation of both releases plus early tracks reared its head in 1984 as Bloodied But Unbowed).

The Ultimate Collection: Punk & New Wave brings together 5CDs containing 100 tracks that encapsulate the spirit of a rebellious cultural movement that changed the face of mainstream music forever. From punk to post punk, new wave and other spin-off sub genres this supercharged compilation contains some of the biggest hits from key artists such as The Buzzcocks, The Damned, The Jam, The Ruts, Dead Kennedys, Devo, Sham 69, Spizz Energi and many more.

How The West Was Won was a 7-song 10" EP released by Scottish band Political Asylum on the San Francisco recording label Allied Recordings. Side 1 (songs 1-3) were new songs while Side 2 (songs 4-7) were from a radio appearance where they played acoustically. It includes an acoustic version of Hüsker Dü's "Don't Want To Know If You Are Lonely". This is ripped from vinyl.

Peace Through Chemistry is a 1989 compilation album released by a label out of the Bay Area of the United States called Alchemy Records. It features music by Neurosis, Rick Kids On LSD, Sacrilege, Melvins, Clown Alley, Poison Idea, and many more. While this comp did come out on CD, this is taken from a vinyl rip I obtained years ago.

The Gray Race is the ninth full-length album of the punk rock band Bad Religion, which was released in 1996. It was the follow-up to the band's highly successful 1994 album Stranger Than Fiction. This was the band's first album not recorded with original guitarist Brett Gurewitz (since the 1985 EP Back to the Known) and is their first release with Brian Baker, who replaced him during the Stranger Than Fiction tour. It was also the first album since How Could Hell Be Any Worse? that the band recorded as a group. Part of the reason for this was financial, but frontman Greg Graffin also wanted to foster a sense of unity following Gurewitz's jarring departure. This was also the first album with which Graffin solicited the opinions of other band members before recording. Graffin said that collaboration significantly improved the sound and quality of the album. Some songs on the album are considered fan favorites, such as, "Them And Us", "A Walk", "Punk Rock Song", "Spirit Shine", Ten in 2010", "Come Join Us", and "Cease".

If you are not on-board, no hard feelings, but Blessthefall are still prepared to rise to new heights with their sixth studio release, Hard Feelings, which arrives this Friday, March 23, 2018, thanks to Rise Records.